08/06/2021
Chester Data Dashboard
Footfall Figures
Week 22, Comparison of 2019, 2020 and 2021 (Sunday 30th May 2021 - Saturday 5th June 2021)
80,000 74,974
70,000 61,247 61,984 56,462 58,710 58,035 60,000 54,802 54,053 54,404 48,206 50,000 42,132 51,248 50,975 50,426 40,000
30,000 14,998 14,916 14,381 20,000 11,850 12,168 14,212 9,836 10,000
0 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Week 22 2019 Week 22 2020 Week 22 2021
Annual Performance 2018 - 2021, Month by Month 2500000
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2018 2019 2020 2021
Annual Performance 2018-2021, Week by Week 600000
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0 1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45 49 2018 2019 2020 2021
(Source: Springboard) 08/06/2021
Vacancy Rates
Vacancy Rate % Chester City Centre October 2020 Figures: 20.00 18.00 18.0 % 108 18.00 16.83 16.50 Vacancy Rate Vacant Units 16.00 14.40 14.00 13.00 increase from 12.26 12.00 1 .5% April 2020
10.00 April 2020 Figures: 8.00
6.00 16.5% 99 Vacancy Rate Vacant Units 4.00 increase from 2.00 2 .1% October 2019
0.00 Local Data Company
National Vacancy Rate Apr-18 Oct-18 Apr-19 Oct-19 Apr-20 Oct-20 13% H1 2020:
Hotel Occupancy
Hotel Occupancy data is available upon request.
STEAM Headlines
15 % £0.7bn 14 million Increase since 2015 of the Total of economic impact from Tourists visited Chester City number of FTE jobs in the the Chester City area in 2019 borough supported by the area in 2018 visitor economy
96% 22.8% 9,766 Of total visitor numbers to the the Chester City area accounts FTE Visitor Economy jobs were
borough are for in the economic impact of supported in the Chester City day visitors the borough’s visitor economy area in 2018
3 7.4 million
Tourists visited Cheshire West £2.32bn 25,937 and Chester in 2019 which is a Total of economic impact of FTE Visitor Economy jobs were 2.7% increase the visitor economy in supported in Cheshire West since 2018 and a Cheshire West and Chester in and Chester in 2019 48.7% increase 2019 since 2009 08/06/2021
Housing
Average Annual House Prices 2016 -2020 £270,000 £266,626 £259,723 £265,624 £260,000 £251,070 £250,000 £242,263 £252,781 £239,261 £247,548 £240,000 £240,042
£230,000 £230,645 £220,000
£210,000 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Chester Cheshire West and Chester
(Source: Hometrack. Average over the half year January - June for each year shown. Updated: 17/08/2020)
Chester figures have been collated from the following individual old ward boundary data: Blacon, Boughton, Chester City, Chester Villages, Dodleston and Huntington, Garden Quarter, Great Boughton, Handbridge Park, Hoole, Lache, Newton, Saughall and Mollington, Upton.
Average Weekly Rental Values by No. of Bedrooms £300 £272
£250 £273 £198 £200 £166 £186 £150 £125 £147 £100 £117
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Chester Cheshire West and Chester
(Source: Hometrack. Annual median over the full year July 2019 - June 2020. Updated: 17/08/2020)
Chester figures have been collated from the following individual old ward boundary data: Blacon, Boughton, Chester City, Chester Villages, Dodleston and Huntington, Garden Quarter, Great Boughton, Handbridge Park, Hoole, Lache, Newton, Saughall and Mollington, Upton.
Total number of sales around 30% completed in the borough during the year to from 5,870 during the June 2020 was year to June 2019 and 6,180 during the year to 4,142 June 2018.
(Source: Hometrack. Note: Number of house sales for 2020 has been affected by Covid-19)